Batman and the Monster Men by Matt Wagner
Requirements: CBR Reader, 90 MB.
Overview: A six-issue mini-series made as a sequel to Batman: Year One and is Batman's first mission. This mini-series deals with batman facing Dr. Hugo Strange who is conducting genetic experiments on people he encounters that he dislikes and mental patients from Arkham Aslyum. He borrows money from gangsters to fund his experiments. He experiments in order to reverse deficiencies from birth, but all his test subjects become monster men, gigantic cannibalistic beasts. He uses them to steal money to pay back his loans and Batman eventually fights them and Strange begins to believe Batman is the perfect man. Bruce Wayne is seeing Julie Madison at this time and it is shown that her father is doing business with Salvatore Maroni, the same man funding Strange's experiments. Strange eventually uses the Monster Men to kill the gangsters under Maroni and this catches his attention and has him on alert. Maroni relocates and Strange eventually tracks him down and sends his monster men after him. While at the estate he's been moved to, Julie's father comes to visit Maroni to pay him back the money he borrowed. A lot of gangsters are killed and Batman gets involved in the fight ad tries to stop them, in the end Maroni survives, Batman saves Julies father, and the monster men and all proof linking Hugo Strange to the crime is destroyed, so he lives with no punishment for his crimes. Julie's father however, is afraid because he believes Batman will come after him because of his dealings with Maroni and becomes mentally unstable.
There was a sequel called Batman and the Mad Monk.
Batman and the Monster Men
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Batman and the Monster Men 02 -- http://novafile.com/60oh66iowk9i
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Batman and the Monster Men 04 -- http://novafile.com/ivrovfx6uljb
Batman and the Monster Men 05 -- http://novafile.com/6p3dwa8dwrxp
Batman and the Monster Men 06 -- http://novafile.com/anvrhg2e1opk
Requirements: CBR Reader, 90 MB.
Overview: A six-issue mini-series made as a sequel to Batman: Year One and is Batman's first mission. This mini-series deals with batman facing Dr. Hugo Strange who is conducting genetic experiments on people he encounters that he dislikes and mental patients from Arkham Aslyum. He borrows money from gangsters to fund his experiments. He experiments in order to reverse deficiencies from birth, but all his test subjects become monster men, gigantic cannibalistic beasts. He uses them to steal money to pay back his loans and Batman eventually fights them and Strange begins to believe Batman is the perfect man. Bruce Wayne is seeing Julie Madison at this time and it is shown that her father is doing business with Salvatore Maroni, the same man funding Strange's experiments. Strange eventually uses the Monster Men to kill the gangsters under Maroni and this catches his attention and has him on alert. Maroni relocates and Strange eventually tracks him down and sends his monster men after him. While at the estate he's been moved to, Julie's father comes to visit Maroni to pay him back the money he borrowed. A lot of gangsters are killed and Batman gets involved in the fight ad tries to stop them, in the end Maroni survives, Batman saves Julies father, and the monster men and all proof linking Hugo Strange to the crime is destroyed, so he lives with no punishment for his crimes. Julie's father however, is afraid because he believes Batman will come after him because of his dealings with Maroni and becomes mentally unstable.
There was a sequel called Batman and the Mad Monk.
Batman and the Monster Men
- Dave Stewart colorist
Matt Wagner writer, artist, inker, colorist, cover
Rob Leigh letterer
Published by DC Comics, 2008.
Matt Wagner takes the Dark Knight through his sophomore season in this 6-issue miniseries! Batman has spent his first year fighting organized crime, but nothing thus far in his early career as the Caped Crusader has prepared him for the new menace facing Gotham: super-powered villains! This is the first of two planned Wagner miniseries featuring Batman, each under the heading "Dark Moon Rising."
- Batman's first dangerous threat. Reviewed by MTHarman on Jan. 30, 2011.
- A very unique piece to be added within Batman’s massive collection, Batman and the Monster Men does succeed on not only gaining a readers interest with it’s up most artwork and storytelling, but also manages to draw you into the comic as your alongside with Batman’s very first encounter with a new threat that he had to face within his career as a costumed vigilante.
Written by a very-well known writer Matt Wagner, not only was it his storytelling that managed to shine this dark event into the light, but also served as the artist for the comic as well. Another trait of something very rare within a comic is seeing a comic’s artwork and storytelling coming from the same man. Of course this would serve as a bad outcome when writers or artists attempt to multi-task themselves, but for Wagner’s Batman and the Monster Men, I would say that he did managed to succeed with both tasks pretty well.
Monster Men and the funny looking Hugo Strange
Of course one who would think of Batman, there would hardly be a challenge that would have the Dark Knight believe that he himself couldn’t face. For these mutated genetic monsters of Hugo Strange’s horrible creation, I can’t help but realize that these monsters served as a final ingredient for Wagner’s story. It’s quite obvious how Wagner managed to increase the amount of excitement within a building storyline between Batman, Hugo Strange, and crime boss Sal Maroni by adding a batch of blood-thirsty monsters into a three way tango and also with Batman’s first love interest as the victim who’s threatened to be added into Wagner’s cocktail of old school carnage.
Of course the title is of the Monster Men, but the story itself is mostly about Batman, Hugo, and Julie Madison finding themselves in an intense situation with one of Gothams worst crime bosses during the time.
As I also try to focus on gaining some interest on Hugo’s character and gain some hype for what’s to be expected with the upcoming Arkham Asylum, his involvement within this story alone doesn’t fail in any way. For Hugo Strange’s involvement was in fact one character that was extremely important and very unique indeed. I liked how Wagner managed to display him as a man who’s obsessed and desperate for his delusional goals to where you see a part of him paying the Arkham Asylum staff for the mentally ill who possibly would be missed nor traced so that he could use them for his inhumane experiments and prove his abnormal theories of obtaining human perfection.
Even though there was a feeling of absolute perfection with this story, I can’t help but feel that Wagner went way overboard with trying to have everybody shine into the spotlight. Besides that alone, I would fairly give this collection a 4 ½ star rating and highly recommend any DC and comic reader to give Batman and the Monster Men a shot.
For more of a short inside look, check out my unspoiled video review. Thankyou for reading and watching and be sure to try and add this into your comic collection when getting the chance.
Download Instructions:
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Batman and the Monster Men 02 -- http://novafile.com/60oh66iowk9i
Batman and the Monster Men 03 -- http://novafile.com/0h901a7p9dm5
Batman and the Monster Men 04 -- http://novafile.com/ivrovfx6uljb
Batman and the Monster Men 05 -- http://novafile.com/6p3dwa8dwrxp
Batman and the Monster Men 06 -- http://novafile.com/anvrhg2e1opk
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